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Tim Watts wrote:
On 10/07/15 12:04, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

Was surprised they demanded a credit card at the start - not had that
in a pub before.

That's common in London. Can't trust the customers....

Not in the various restaurants I usually use. Or pubs, come to that. But
some of the party said they'd had it before. Seems it quite usual in other
countries and hotels etc in the UK. Wouldn't know about either these days.
;-)

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